(35056) Cullers Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 28 September 1984 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Kent Cullers (b. 1949), the world's first totally blind physicist, devotes his expertise to opening the universe to the blind and encouraging their participation in science. Cullers has made advances in the visualization of graphs, diagrams and elements unique to scientific concepts.Naming citation (20050523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cullers is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cullers is 1.70 au from the Sun and 0.770 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 35056 |
| Provisional designation | 1984 ST |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.59 km (#11,453 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.254 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.02 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.66 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.322 |
| Inclination | 23.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.758 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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